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Edwin Lee Gibson Unpacks The Bear’s ‘Great Articulation of Gentrification’
“What happens when everything comes full circle, and only the mom-and-pop shop is left?”
While nearly everyone else in the cast got recruited into the “elevated” atmosphere of the Bear (and, the series seems to suggest, improved themselves by doing so), Ebra kept his component running smoothly, efficiently, and, as revealed in season four, very profitably. That leads him to a mentorship from a local businessman played by TV legend Rob Reiner, the idea to franchise the Beef into three locations around Chicago, and an openhearted arc for Ebra that reaffirms how essential the character is to this series’ — and restaurant’s — success. “Ebraheim’s like me in a lot of ways: a nomad, someone who goes toward what they need and what’s going to serve them,” says Gibson, who recently wrapped the second season of Fallout and is finalizing the edit of his directorial debut, the short film a pink and red dress made of satin … covered in flowers, mostly roses.
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